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WEAT HER (U & Westher Buresu Porseast | Pair tonight and tomorrow; not quite tonight 80_warm tures —| hest, 92. at 3 pm. :llnu today Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 ntered a post office. No. 31478, Wa econd cla: tef shingts C. he Foen WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SENATE CONVENES T0 ACT UPON NAVY REDUCTION TREATY Quorum Present Is Prelim- inary Victory for Sup- porters of Pact. MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT STRONGLY UPHOLDS IT Nation's Defense Safeguarded Fully by Agreement, He Says, Answering Crities. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Senate of the United States, meeting in special session at the call of the President today, took up the London Naval Treaty for consideration and action. President Hoover sent to the Senate » message strongly urging the ratifica- tion of the pact, which would limit all categories of naval vessels of the United States, Great Britain and Japan, The President declared that .the treaty marks an important step in dis- armament and in world peace. He in- sisted that it was important for many reasons that the treaty should be dealt with at once. He declared that every solitary “fact which affects judgment upon the treaty is known, and the document itself comprises the sole obli- gation of the United States.” Sees Disaster Possible, “If we fail now the world will be again plunged backward from its prog- Tess toward peace” sald the President. Senator McKellar of Tennessee, Democrat, and one of the opponents of the naval treaty, offered in the Senate a resolution cailing upon the President to furnish the Senate all the documents and memoranda bearing upon the ne- gotiations of the London treaty. This resolution is the first gun fired by the opposition in its fight to prevent ratification of the pact. Reed Makes Reply. After Senator McKellar had sub- mitted his resolution which recited the fact that the President had declined to send to the foreign relations committee all of these documents, Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, a member of the Amer- ican delegation attending the London Conference, told the Senate that copies of all this correspondence, including cables between the Washington Gov- ernment and Ambassador Dawes in London, had been submitted to Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader of the Senate, and to himself when they became members of the American delegation 40 the Naval Con- ference. These documents, he said, were submitted in confidence. “I still have copies of that corre- spondence,” said Senator Reed, “and I shall be glad to show it in confidence to any member of the Senate who will treat thess documents as confidential. Any Senator who reads the documents will readily see why they should not be made public.” Senator Johnson of California, a leader of the opposition to treafy rati- fication, with biting sarcasm, declined the offer of Senator Reed. “I scorned the proposition when it $36,100 in his ‘was made in the Committee on Foreign Relations,” said Senator Johnson, “and I decline to accept it now. I demand for each and every Senator the right to see these documents and to make what use of them he may desire.” Resolution Goes Over. The McKellar resolution, under the: rules of the Senate, lies over until to- morrow. Senator Swanson of Virginia, the ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Rclations and Naval Affairs Committees’, gave notice that tomorrow he would address the Senate. He has prepared an exhaustive state- ment in support of the treaty. ! At the instance of Senator Borah the first formal reading of the Londen treaty was had in the Senate. After the reading had been completed and | the treaty was officially before the Senate, a recess was taken until to-| morrow on motion of the Idaho Senator. Quorum Is Present. The supporters of the treaty scored | first today, when, despite rumors to the contrary, & quorum of the Senate was found to be in Washington and ready to do business. Fifty-eight Senators answered the roll call, nine Senators more than a quorum, and others are expected to arrive here tomorrow. The supporters of the treaty are confident they will be able to maintain a quorum and bring about the ratification of the treaty within the next 10 days or two weeks. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, and Senator Smoot of Utah, who was recently married in Salt Lake City and who has post- poned a honeymoon trip to Hawail will | return to Washington for the treaty | fight. President Is Notified. As soon as a quorum had been es- | tablished, resolutions offered by Sen: tor Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader, providing for the appointment of (Continued on Pag! Column 3.) FLYERS WELCOMED IN SAN FRANCISCO Van Dyke Missing, En Route Home, as Acting Mayor Receives i Kingsford-Smith and Others. | By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.—Another | rousing welcome was in store for Wing | Comdr. Charles Kingsford-Smith and two crew members of his globe-trotting monoplane Southern Cross today. Acting Mayor Angelo Rossi prepared to receive the fiyers at the city hall and invest them with municipal honors. Everett Van Dyke, co-pilot of the Southern Cross on the transatlantic phase of its odyssey, was not able to attend, having left yesterday for Los Angeles en route to Antwerp. J. W. Stannage, who acted as radio operator during the Atlantic crossing, announced he would return to Engiand -this testimony before [ o | MAJ. J. C. GOTWALS. HUSTON INDICATES | HE WILL KEEP J0B Chairman, Conferring With; Hoover, Says He Is Going | Ahead With Plans. By the Assoctated Press. Claudius Huston has no intention of resigning as party chairman at the con- ference of Republican leaders here on Thursday. He conferred with President Hoover for an hour and a half last night. Asked about their meeting today, Mr. Huston declined to comment. He said he was not going to give any credence to the many stories published recently about his intentions of resigning by either affirming or denying them. There was a very ‘definite ‘indication, however, that he was going ahead as national chairman at least for the time being. It was pointed out that if he intended to resign this action would not be in order at Thursday’s meeting of national committee officers. Discomfiture Apparent. Apparently President Hoover and the Republican chieftains have been caused some discomfiture by publicity given re- ported plans for Huston's abandonment of his'post and speculation over a suc- | cessor Senator Fess of Ohio, who has been | discussed at White House conferences | as & successor to Huston, Teturned from party chairman has been intermittent since his testimony last Winter before the Senate Lobby Committee on his | disposition of-funds given by the | Union Carbide Co. to support his efforts 2{0 Muscle Shoals legislation. wn he had temporarily . depositéd private brokerage account. Fess Much Concerned. Senator Fess was one of a consider- able group of Republicans who have been concerned overHuston's contin- uance as national Ehlfilln in view of Senate Lobby gflmlt@e .about his - solicitation - of ds for the Tennessee: River Improve- ment tion in connection with Muscle Shoals. The Fess declaration and the cau- tious words of Senators Watson and McNary after the Rapidan conferences were taken at the Capitol to mean that Mr. Hoover wants no fore airing. of the party's troubles in press. The_President called in Mr. Hustor last night and tqday the White Héuse revealed he had heen there. No ment was fortheoming, nowever, _Mr. | Huston, in turn, declined to mmlfinl' except to say he was going ahead With Thursday’s meeting to discuss party plans for next Fall. ELECTION ROW FATAL | TO TWO IN MEXICO { Five Wounded During Clash of Factions, Which Police | Finally Terminate. | 1t was |2, Bo MA. 1. C. GOTWALS 10 SUCCEED LADUE AS COMMISSIONER Army Engineer at St. Louis Selected for Assignment to New Board. CHANGE WAS FORECAST IN REORGANIZATION PLAN Appointee’s Service Includes Pe- riod in France, for Which He Was Cited. Maj. John C. Gotwals, Corps of En- gineers, has been assigned as Engineer Commissioner of the District of Co- lumbia to relieve Col. William B. Ladue, who will return to active duty in the Engineer Corps of the Army. Maj. Gotwals is at present District engineer of the Army at St. Louis, Mo., and has been directed by the chief of Engineers to take up his new duties as District Engineer Commissioner July 21 next. The orders effecting this change of Engineer Commissioners did not state what assignments of duty will be given to Col. Ladue. Change Was Forecast. The assignment of a new Engineer Commussioner at this time was not un- expected, as the White House indicated at the time of the appdintment of Gen. Crosby and Dr. Reichelderfer to suc- ceed Commissioners Dougherty and Taliaferro that an entire new Board of Commissioners would be appointed, gl 4, 1882. He is not a e Point, but entered Engineer Corps of the Army as a probational second: licutenant in 1913. The new Engincer Commissioner was graduated from the Pennsylvania State College with the degree of bachelor of in civil engineering in 1906. He received a civil engineer's degree the following year. He practiced his pro- fession from then on until he entered the Army four years later. His first assignment was~ with the 2d Bat- talion of Engineers, with which o ganization he served in Fort Leaven- worth. Kans, and in Texas. He was assigned to duty in the Washington Barracks in this city in 1915, while he remainéd two years. While here he was a student at the Engineer School. In the Summer of 1917 he was as- signed to the lst Engineers and went to France. damage section, Peace Commission, Paris, member of the enemy war ma. terial board, office of the chief engi- neer, 2d Army; “assistant to see- uo'rjx engi‘nm. advanced section, S O § and section’ engineer, base section No: ‘deaux. , Bord Maj. Gotwals returned to the United signed ‘as”‘department” engin Eastern Department in which eapacity he served until March, 1920, A month later he was assigned to duty as presi- dent of the Board of Road Comnis- foners of Alaska and in addition to Jbetng pry t was also secretary and gxfl;ibwsm‘ officer of the board, engineer Juneau Wi the Government Railfe Territory of Alaska, i Upon his relief from duty in Alaska, 1924 as district enging of the . Louis district, which duetey; he has hesl; u . present date.” Maj. Gotwals' promotigris are recorded as follows: First lieuténant ‘in February, 1914; captain in July, 1916 and major in July, 1920 During the war he was a temporary major from 1917 -until 1918, when he lieutenant - éplonel. ' For exceptionally meritorotis and distinguished service in France, Maj. Gotwals was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the cita- tlon in this case reading: “John C. Gotwals, major, then lieu- tenant colonel, Corps of Engineers, U. 8. A. for exceptional meritorious and distinguished service. As chief searchlight officer, A. E. F., he rendcred conspicuous service in a position of great responsibility and in a field which was practically new to our service. By his unlimited energy, marked inventive fac- ulties, and high technical skill, to- By the Asscolated Press. | MEXICO CITY, July 7—Two per- | sons were killed and five wounded in | clashes last evening here growing out | of the Mexican congressional elections. | There were several disturbances, the | most aggravated being between ad- | herents of rival parties armed with clubs and stones in the suburbs. They fought until stopped by police. Reports from over the country told of other clashes, but none appeared serious. Early indications were that the national revolutionary party, of which President Ortiz Rubio is a mem- | ber, would have a large working ma- | jority in Congress in September. Most of ifs candidates were swept into of- fice by the election. Cardinal Seriously Il VATICAN CITY, July 7 (#).—Cardi- nol Vannutelli, dean of the Sacred Col- lege, today was reported in a serious condition with an attack of uremic | poisoning. gether with his ever present, willingne to co-operate with our alljes, hzg O:S ganized and directed with great success an exceedingly advanced technical serv- ice for the night protection of troop concentrations, communications, supply and manufacture establishments in rear areas, thereby contributing materially to the success of the American Expedi- tionary Forces.” MORROW SPENT $49,571 | Statement Filed in New Jersey Showing Primary Cost. By the Assoclated Press TRENTON. N. J., July 7—Dwight W spent $49.571.54 in his primary cam- paign, a statement filed today with the Secretary of State showed. Total contributions of $63,608 were listed A statement explained a pro- rata refund would be made of contri- butions in excess of $50,000, the max- imum allowed by the State, together with the unexpended portion of that amount. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 7.—George Rich- ardson, a taxicab driver, never was a and join the Royal Air Force. J. P. Saul, who left his real estate bustness in Dublin to make the overseas flight as navigator, will return to Ireland soon. Stannage and Saul shared today’s festivities with Kingsford-Smith. YRadio Programs on P--~ B.11 literary man, but he wrote one piece yesterday that saved his life. Richardson’s cab had been com- | mandeered by a robber. He compelled | Richardson to drive him from one fill- | ing station to another, robbing them. TAXI DRIVER SAVES LIFE BY NOTE DROPPED WHILE ROBBER USES CAR! Hold-Up Man Forces Him to Visit Filling Stations With Promise of Death in End. streaming down his neck, secretly went literary. ~ He wrote a note, which he dropped onto the highway. “I am taking myself for a ride, but I can't help it” he wrote. “We're headed for Indiana Point, Fox Lake. Help, help.” A farmer found the note and tele- phoned ahead to a deputy sheriff, who States Degember, -1919, and was as-| NO istant district engineer of the askan district and reported | retary of Interior ‘fof duty Maj. Gotwals was assigned to duty in | was temporarily given the rank of | | B ing il CONGRATULATIONS, NiCK OL BOY. > 1930—THIRTY far. NATS LEAD LEAGUE BY BEATING BOSTON First Four Washington Bats- men Up in Seventh Inning " Knock Two-Baggers. BY JOHN B. KELLER. BOSTON, July 7.—While Philadelphia was idle, Washington today swamped Boston and went into the American League lead. ‘The score was 8 to 1. Big Ed Morris, who started for Bos- ton, was relieved in the first inning after walking three men. Durham, who took his place, forced in a Washington tally by walking the next man. FIRST INNING. Myer Mot e eok Rice. | Mangsi 9 out, Rice. A ke _ Cronin - walked also. a week end visit with the President at Service in. France. bt S o B Py g his Virginia camp last gight and issued |~ While with the Engineer Corps.in }“‘m, = oy the " Bkt a staf :: denying party. chair- | France Maj. Gotwals __the follow- d forced .lud.: with & elmm mans| d been dfiumd; He dis- | ing duties: Commandi searchlight | o 16 Dromm o avowed being & candidate for‘#hat post. | depot, A. E Fo in charge of crigt - ; S Senators Watson and McNary, Senate | ligat section, office chiel enginecs s | BOSTON. e - B eI ™S b, | Enguir ot ot 4| Spencr 5t Ty foul. cronn oned. eers un ou ' Discussion of Huston'’s retention as 5 o, Baaes SR e B SECOND ‘INNING. + WASHINGTON—Spencer dropped a single in center. Crowder bunted, forc- ing o im to Rhyne. Myer to Heving. Rice singled to right, Orowder taking second. Regan went into short center for Manush's looper. Funs. BOSTON—Webb flied 5] Myer threw out Miller, No runs, THIRD INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Cronin's ‘looper fell over Regan's head for a single. Judge walked. West flied to Oliver in deep center, and Cronin took third after the catch. Bluege flled to Searrift and | Cronin scored after the catch, §) forced Judge, Miller to Regan. One run. BOSTON—Bluege threw out Rhyne. Crowder tossed out Heving. Durham topped a ball in front of the plate and was thrown out by Spencer. No runs. FOURTH INNING. | WASHINGTON—Regan threw out | Crowder. Myer filed to Scarritt. Regan | threw out Rice. No runs. | _BOSTON—Cronin _went back for Oliver's high one. Todt took a third | strike. Scarritt singled to left, for the | first hit off Crowder. Myen let Webb’ grounder go through him for an error, | Scarritt going to third. Manush got under Regan's long fly. No runs. FIFTH INNING. | WASHINGTON — Manush singled | through the box into center. Cronin | got a single with a high one to short | center that Oliver dropped after a long run, Manush going to second. Judg walked for the third time, filling the bases. West singled to center, scoring Manush and Cronin, while Judge stop- ped at second. Bluege sacrificed, Miller to Todt. Miller took Spencer's ground- er, and Judge was run down, Miller ‘to Heving. West reached third and Spen- cer second on the play. Crowder flied to Scarritt. Two runs. BOSTON—Miller doubled against the left field wall. Rhyne flied to Rice, | Miller taking third after the catch. Heving popped to Cronin. Durham took a third strike. No runs. SIXTH INNING. 'WASHINGTON—Todt stopped Myer's hot one and beat him to the bag. Rice tripled to left center. Oliver backed up against the wall in deep center for Manush’s fly, Rice scoring after the | catch. Cronin bounced a single off | Miller's glove, but tried to stretch the | Morrow, Republican senatorial nominee, | hit and was caught, Miller to Regan. | One run. | _BOSTON --Oliver flied to West. Todt doubled to right. Scarritt fouled to Bluege. Cronin threw out Webb. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Judge doubled over Webb's head in right. West's drive o center bounded into the stands for a ground rule two-base hit, scoring Judge. Bluege doubled to the left field corner, scoring West. Spencer doubled to cen- | ter, secoriig Bluege. Bushey, a right- hander, relieved Durham. Crowder flied to Oliver and Spencer took third after the catch. Myer fouled to Heving. Rice flied to Oliver. Three runs. BOSTON—Regan singled to center. Miller popped to Cronin. Reeves bat- | ted for Rhyne and forced Regan, Bluege to Myer. Small batted for Heving and filed to West. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Reeves now playing | second and Connolly catching for Bos- | ton., Manush walked. Cronin fouled to Todt. Judge lined to Todt, who touched first, doubling Manush off the beg. No runs. BOSTON—Cronin backed up for Bushey's pop. Oliver doubled to left center. Myer threw out Todt, Oliver “When we get through,” the robber | blocked the road and stopped the cab. taking third. Scarritt's looper to short told Richardson, “I'm going to kiil £ Mishardson, with the n - 1 Yo He arrested Richardson’s passenger, “* wac Tohn Sullivan, left was good for a double, when Man- ush barely missed .,n_ntnx one-hand to Manush. | 1 Rice backed against the right ficld wail for a one-hand catch of Regan's hoist. | Thresrha ncer | { dissatisfied with the recent decision of Box Score WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. 0. A E Myer, 2b......cc 8 00 2 28 Rice, rf. U W o e T Manush, I A2 1 8 00 Cronin, ss. 4 2 3 420 Judge, 1b. L e A West, ef 3. 18 8.00 Bluege, 3b. TR, ke Spencer, ¢ 40 3.4 2 0 Crowder, p...... # 0°0 ¢ 1 1 8. 81217 9 1 BOSTON. AB.R. H O. A E | Oliver, ef. L1 8 00 Todt, 1b i g 1, 1 0 Scarritt, H...... 4 © 2 3 v 0 Webb, rf.. 4 000 00 Regan, 2b.... 4 013 40 Miller, 3b. 8% % 1.85'0 1 0 0 1 v ¢« 201 0 00 2 0030 1. 000 00 G 0 00 00 2 000 14 8 0.8 9.9 0000 0w ¥ 0 ¢ 86y Smafl baited for Sweeney batted SCORE BY INNING! 12348 L3 Washington1 0 1 0 2 1 L] Boston.....0 0 O 0O 0O 1 Summary: Runs batted in— West (4), Bluege (2), e 0 . West, ver, Searritt. i aese (), Rhyhe™ Ma- u-o*r 2). Toat” (anassisted). Washington, 10; Bosten. 7. .l:o—bl Morris, 3) oft Durham,'3; Crowder, & ff Worris, mome in 23 in 5 1-3 innings (ne: “Dur] th). Umiites—Messts. Goineli Campbell and € n ROVER 10 CONTEST *DENSON DEESON | on Representative’s Liquor Demurrer Grant. | United States Attorrey Leo Rover is Justice Peyton Gordon sustaining a demurrer filed vy Representative Edward E. Denison of Illinois to an indictment charging him ith possession of liquor, alleged to_have been found in a trunk m his office January 19, prosecutor will ask the solicitor general to authorize an appeal from Gordon's decision to the District Court of Appeals. Justice Ciordon ruled that the indict- ment, which is included in eight lines of typewriting, fails (o meet the con- stitutional requirement that a defendant be advised with particularity of the charge against him so that he may frame his defense and may be able to plead an acquittal of the charge as a | bar to a subsequent indictment. Rover declared today that while the Denison indictment was the first to: be returned for a first offense of posses- sion of liquor, it was in the identical verbiage used by his office and by hls‘ predecessor since the passage of the Volstead act in numerous indictments charging second offense of sale and third offense of possession, which is| | made a felony by a maximum penaity | of two years' imprisonment. All sale indictments contain a separate count for possession. he explained. Denison and John Layne, described as his secretary, were indicted Novem- ber 19 last after prohibition agents had notified Rover of a seizure 10 months before at the office of Denison in the House Office Building of a trunk said to contain liquor, which had formed part of a shipment in which had been a suit case, which was discovered leak- ing in Union Station. catch, Oliver scoring. One run. | NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON—West went out, Todt to Bushey, who covered first. Bluege singled to center. Spencer was safe on Bushey's wild throw, Bluege going to second. Crowder flied to Oliver and Bluege took third after the catch. Regan tossed out Myer. No runs. BOSTON—Bluege threw out Regan. Miller singled down the left field fll& Reeves topped the ball toward third for a single, Miller stopping at second Myer went back for Connolly’s pop. Sweeney batted for Bushey and md to West. No runs. ‘Webb fanned. GOODYEAR WINNER OF BALLOON RACE Lands in Kentucky, 850 Miles From Start—Two Others Close for Sedond Place. By the Assoctated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., July 7.—The Good- year Zeppelin entry from Akron, Ohio, piloted by R. J. Blair, with P. A, Trot- ter as aide, was indicated today as the winner of the national elimination balloon race, which started here last Friday. Blair and Trotter landed at Greens- burg, Ky., approximately 850 miles from Houston, yesterday evening and out- distanced the 14 other contestants. All landed safeiy. The Detroit Times bag and the United Van Service entry of Cleveland Tan a close race for second place ai a chance to compete in interna- tional event at Cleveland September 1, with the Detroit aeronauts apparently victors by a few miles, Others Land in Kentucky. Pilot E. J. Hill and his aide, A. C. Schlosser, landed the Detroit Times near Russellville, Ky., at 2:55 p.m. Sun- day. The United Van Service balloon was brought down at Kirksmanville, Ky.. Sunday afternoon. Capt. Fred S. Wilbur of the race committee said that the Goodyear Zep- pelin undoubtedly covered the most distance. He calculated the distance of the Detroit Times balloon as 700 miles and that of the United Van Serv- ice as 685 miles. g Lieut. T. G. W. Settle, one of the Navy entrants and winner of last Er'n national race, lost out in his af to represent the United State§ agal this year in the international race. He landed near Dover, Tenn., a distance of 640 miles, and was in fourth place. Qualify for International. ‘The crews placing first and second | in the natlonal event qualify for the in- ternational, along with Ward Van Or- man, who won the international last yea Blair fell short of the mark set last year by Lieyt. Settle, who sailed from Pittsburgh, Pa., . to Savage Harbar, Prince Edward Island, Canada, a dis- tance of 952 milés. Definite results of the race will not be announced until the logs of the pllots are checked by the National Aeronautical Association in Washington. Time inthe alr as well as distance. en- ters into the computations. SISTER HERE 1S NOTIFIED: | Miss Naoml Trotter Told of Safe Descent of Balloon in Kentucky. F. A. Trotter of Washington, one of the entrants in the national elimination balloon race, which started Hous- ton, Tex., late Thursday, notified his sister, Miss Naomi Trotter of 1730 Six- teenth street, by telegram this m that he &nd ensburg, or is co-pilot had landed hi Ky. 1920. The |a.m. shape,” the message added. BALLOONISTS ARE ELATED. Blair and Trotter Reported Covering Greatest Distance in Race. GREENSBURG, Ky, July 7 (F).—R. J. Blair, pilot, and P. A, Trotter, navi- gator, of the balloon ear Zeppelin, (Continued on Page 32, Column 1.) Says Standard Sets Prices. NEW YORK (#).—Testifying to- day in the Government’s suit to pre- vent a merger of the Standard Oil Co. of New York and the Vacuum Oil Co., Marshall B. Hall, president ;1{ the Liberty Oil Co. of Boston, said throughout Standard Ofl initiates price changes and other companies follow. -{ he became wril Saturday’s Circulation, 1.080 Sunday's Circalation. 112421 PAGES. e P Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. CONAN DOYLE DIES AT T1; GREATOR OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Famed British Author and Spiritualist Succumbs From Effects of Heart Stroke. EXPECTS TO MEET HOUDINI IN BEYOND Clash of View With Great Magi- cian, Visit to U. S. and Varied Career Recalled. By the Associated Press. Doyle, creater of “Sherlock Holmes" and widely known spiritualist, died at his home here today of heart disease. With him were Lady Doyle, two sons and a daughter, Sir Arthur was 71 years old. The great novelist and exponent of the occult was stricken seriously il about two months ago and his condi- tion had become more aggravated re- cently although his death today had not been anticipated. Sir Arthur’s sudden death took his family greatly by surprise. He had been under a physician’s care during |the Iast six or, eight months. His weakened condition was thought to have been brought on by his series of lectures last October in Scandinavia, in behalf of the cause of spiritualism. Until two days ago it had been thought he was. getting steadily better. Then he contraeted a severe cold. Sir Arthur died at 9:30 o'clock this morning. His sons, Dennis and Adrian Conan Doyle, and his daughter, Jean Conan Doyle, were with their mother at his bedside. His end was peaceful, a family announcement stated. “Holmes Death” in 1927. It was in June, 1927, that Sherlock Holmes, famed sleuth who did the bid- ding of the amazingly astute mind of | Doyle, died. Holmes' death was an- nounced by Sir Arthur, who sai g | tear that Mr. Sherlock Holmes may be- | come like some of thos¢ popular tenors, who, ha outlived their time, are still temp! to make re; farewell bows before their indulgent audiences. This must cease. He must the way of all flesh, material or im: g Adrian :: Conan Doyle, ‘he was a great &l son of Arthur, today paid tribute to celebrated sire. He sa d | man and a splendid father and he was ppy Because he knew Tast wor vmnmyfib&er. ey show just how much he loved—and was ha breathing was very and what he sald was during a me.l' flash of con- sciousnress. I never have seen any one take anything more gamely in all my life. Even when we all’ knew he was suffering great pain, he always managed during times when he was conscious to keep.s smile on his faee for us.” Famed in Many' Ways. In his Hime, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle jed many parts, and most of them famously. To scores of country folk along the sands of the English Chan- nel-at sea, he was family physi- clan' ‘That was in the eighties. To millions of readers all over the world doyen of detective story Atter the dawn of this century, Sir Arthur seemed, to many minds, a sort of official apologist for Britain in the Boer War. It was for his literary labors “in placing before Europe the facts of that conflict, as Britain's rov- erning classes conceived them to Le, that he was called to kneel before his sovereign Queen and be made a khight of the realm. ‘Two decades later in his life, after a greater and ghastlier war, in which his own son was among the sacrificed, Sir Arthur rose to fresh prominence as oné of the recognized authorities on spiritualism. Through that medium he d of beyond lock had shown in detecting the imder- hnh m’: sixtieth dur.' t_hnz stxrntznr ving just comd n end, Sir ur announced mv‘!h ‘hqd put away the pen and would din:& ‘the rest of his the ‘snth tie. expounting ot spiti He wrote e oceans - to ve the world d 3 Many who relished the reading of his_detective stories deprecated Sir Arthur’'s abandonment of Sherlock and his whole-hearted, whole-time Ia- bors for spirftualism. He was said to (Continued on Page 32, Column 2.) THOUSANDS HOMELESS 27 Dead as Result of Torrential Rains in Japan. LONDON, July 7 (#).—An Exchange Telegraph Company dispatch from Tokyo today said that 27 persons were dead and thousands homeless as a consequence of extensive floods and torrential rains in the Yamagataken River district. Landslides were said to have blocked railway lines and bridges and embankments were de- stroyed and crops ruined. GIVEN CHOICE O F POISON DEATH OR HANGING, HE DRINKS AND LIVES Estonian Now Refuses to Be Executed, Leaving Author- ities There Puzzled Over Their Course. By Radio to The Star. REVAL, Estonia, July 7.—Serge Vasi- lanko's stomach has literally saved his neck. Sentenced to death, Vasilanko was given his choice between the poison cup and the noose, according to Estonian law. He chose the hemlock draught in true Socratic fashion, drained it to its bitter dregs—and then refused to die. Languishing for some weeks in_the hospital, his sturdy body battling, poison, Vasilanko finally &~ rose from his bed a few days ago fully alive. The authorities were puzzled. There was no precedent for this. They had given the prescribed dose, but the man still lived. Courteously they offered Vasilanko the business end of a hang- man’s rope, but he sent regrets. “I have complied with the law to the letter,” he sald. “I see no reason why the ceremony should be repeated.” And until some one finds a reason to | LONDON, July 7.—Sir Arthur Conam | and thaught of her. He- ‘up at her and sai £ivou W P e R was in too ich pflt. ‘" lot, his HAND WALKED OUT OF HIS CELL, LEFT UNLOCKED, HE SAYS Prisoner Who Fled Fifth Pre« cinct Jail Is Caught by Chicago Police. PRATT TO SEND MAN TO QUESTION CAPTIVE Rumors That He Was Aided in Escape Here Led to Inquiry et Time of Disappearance. Declaring it was all very simple, Wil bur William Hand, today told Chicago police he escaped from the fifth pree cinct police station here last October by pushing open a cell door, which had been left “unlocked” and walking out. “The cell door was open, so I just walked out of jall—1 needed the exere cise,” sald Hand, who is a pal of Wil liam Durkin, now serving a life sen= tence for the murder of a policeman, as he sat in a cell in the detectives' bu=- reau. “I woke up in Washington Jail—it was only a district police station cell— about 5 o'clock in the morning. I looked at the door, It was open,” Hand sald. “Well, what would you do in & case like that? I simply walked out.” Hand today faced extradition pro=- ceedings expected to culminate in his return to an Ohio prison. Washington police officials declared no effort would be made to return Hand to this city because when he was in cuss tody here he was merely being held for | authorities of the Buckeye State. The only offense he was known to have committed here was his escape from the precinct, Receiving information that Hand was visiting an aunt there, a cordon of Chi- cago police surrounded the home and instituted a search at dawn yesterday. Hand was found in bed. He leaped fc & pistol when awakened, but over= powered as he struggled to grasp the weapon. The fully loaded .38 caliber revolver was selzed. Chicago Police Probe Record. Meanwhile Chicago mllce sought to link Hand with a gang believed respons= ible for more than a score of bank robe beries in recent months in Illinois and Wisconsin towns of the Chicago terris tory, Police charged Hand possessed & widespread réputation as a desperate character. Hand was convicted in Crawford County, Ohio, more than a year ago of complicity in the robbery of $175,000 from the Commercial Savings Bank of Galion, Ohio. Found by a jury to have been one of the five men who looted the he was sentenced to 12 to 26 years' imprisonment in the Ohio Peni~ tentiary. On his release under bond $25,000 pending action on an ap) n from the jurisdiction. He also was wanted for bank robbery in Plainfield, Toledo and Bucyrus, Ohio; Abbottstown and Harrisburg, Pa. It was considered probable, however, that these charges would be held in abeyance until ::.}'ud served his sentence in the Galion Records Disclosed Identity. Arrested here early on the morning of October 13 last, when diseovered loiter~ ing at Eighth and E streets by P. E. Ambrose, a first precinct policeman, Hand gave his name as Willlam James Hennessey, 35 years old, of 3203 North Charles street, Baltimore. Examination of police records the following day re- vealed his true identity. Ohio authori= ties then were notified of his capture, Hand was transferred to the fifth pre= cinct gendlnl arrival of Ohio police. Al= though locked behind two heavily barred iron doors, he disappeared from his cell early on the morning of October 23. Aroused because the prisoner apparently had been given assistance by some one in the station house, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, cihef of police, ordered an ex- haustive investigation. Inspector Albert J. Headley delved into the affair. He later reported two prisoners had seen Hand walk to free- dom. The inspector quoted one of these men, Medio Marinazzi, charged with & liquor violation, as saying he had seen a man unlock a cell door and permit Hand to saunter through the station 't house, never to return. Marinazzi failed to_identify any one as Hand's accom- - dmspector Headley recommended that a.CA Speith, station clerk in charge at ‘time, be given a hearing before the Police Trial Board. This recommenda~ tlon was not carried out, however. No action was taken against Robert F.'Langdon, a fifth precinct detective, sald by Inspector Headley to have ad- mitted having talked with Hand prior to his escape. The inspector reported Langdon said he was considering aiding Hand in taking legal steps to evade belng returned to Ohio. Maj Pratt announced a detective would be sent West to question Hand about his escape as soon as it was definitely learned to whom Chicago po- lice intended to release the prisoner. The police official said he doubted Hand's statement as to the cell door being unlocked. He added that the prisoner may tell how he actually did escape after he is committed to the ©Ohio penitentiary. MRS. GARRETT WEDS AT DUBLIN EMBASSY | Washington Woman Becomes Bride of George Gordon, Chancellor for United States. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, July 7.— George Gordon, counselor of the Amer- ican embassy at Berlin, today was mar- ried to Mrs. Alice Vandergrift Garrett of Washington at the American lega- tion in Dublin. ‘The members of an all-American house party, invited by Mrs. Frederick A. Sterling, wife of the American Min- ister in the Irish Free State, witns the ceremony. Rev. Seville Hicks ¢ Dublin performed the marriage rites ‘The bride was given away by Mr. Stert ling. She wore a gown of periwink' blue chiffon, with a picture hat of ti lrme shade trimmed with purple pant sies. LONG CANOE'TRQP BEGUN TORONTO, July 7 (#).—Robert Me- Curdy, 21-year-old Toronto sprinter, left yesterday on the first lap a 1.300-mile canoe trip to Baltimore, Md. He expects to complete the jaunt some time in September. His route is by way of Kingston, the contrary Vasilanko lives a free man, ' Montreal and up the St. Lawrence to with a stomach to be proud of. (Copyright, n’* Lake Champlain, thence by the Erie Canal into the Susquehanna River,